“The year’s most original breakout personality, Williams dissects the celebrity scene with campy yet pointed humor. Her huge wigs are in on the joke.”
The 10 Shows of ‘09

“It turns out that Wendy Williams, a syndicated radio personality making the move to TV, blossoms on-camera. She’s like an odd tropical flower with enormous bright petals and perhaps a capacity for devouring hummingbirds. She’s terrifically, even scarily, entertaining. A curvaceous woman topped by large wigs, Williams suggests a combo of Queen Latifah, Mike Myers’ Linda Richman and Sandra Bernhard. Her radio-honed delivery and timing are first-rate: Observing a photo of a fat Bobby Brown, she comments flatly, “Wow. A mess.” Even better is the way she levels a deadpan stare at the camera- that’s not a radio skill. Compared to her, the guests are mostly irrelevant. Williams would do just as well standing alone, rotating her curves and throwing out lines.”
The Wendy Williams Show: 3 Out of 4 Stars

“If “The View’’ amounts to eavesdropping on a ladies’ brunch at the Four Seasons, “Wendy Williams’’ is like inviting your outrageous girlfriend to share a double chocolate cheesecake at T.G.I. Friday’s.”

“Williams is Doing Just Fine,” Joanna Weiss, July 27, 2009

“When it comes to keeping it real, there’s no one like Wendy Williams.”
– Allison Samuels, Newsweek

“Big Hair, Even Bigger Mouth,” September 5, 2008

“A breakthrough in daytime … a commanding and, at times, sassily comic stage presence”
– Alessandra Stanley, The New York Times

“Talk Show Is Less Talk, More Alpha-Female Action,” July 22, 2008

“An instant hit … anything but conventional … the audience loves her and she is at ease with them.”
– Melissa Jane Kronfeld, New York Post

“It’s Good to be Wendy,” July 27, 2008

“Wendy Williams — not your typical TV host.”
– CBS News

“Highly entertaining”
– CNN

“Wendy Williams … Next year’s hot talk … .”
– New York Daily News

“There’s no one like Wendy … ”
– Entertainment Weekly